-=> MOONDOG wrote to GRYPHON <=-

> Ah yes, I love plastic models. I made so many of them that I even had a
> little carousel holder for testor's paint bottles and a whole slew of
> model-making paraphenalia. I had liquid cement, files, sand paper, decal
> release, xacto knives of all kindes, cutter mat, and an airbrush with
> compressor.

Yep! Sounds similar to my old setup!

> Then I got in to making my own models from parts from many different kits.
> took the engines from the enterprise and glued them on to a ford mustang,
> added loads of body putty to make my own space ship model.
Ah - kitbashing. :-)

MO> I used to make airplane models. A few years back I found some kits in
MO> storage I had from the early 1990's and finally finished a 1:48 scale
MO> B-17D. I painted it with rattle can Rustoleum (easier than setting up
MO> the airbrush fo r complete coverage, and cut out the bomb bay doors to
MO> put in a CR2023 battery cell hooked to bright red LED's in the cockpit,
MO> radio room, and waist gunner's sections to simulate night lighting.
MO> When the lights are out, it's cool to see the barely lit red glow from
MO> the windows. I had to spray the interior with primer in order to block
MO> the light from shining through the body pieces. I picked up an
MO> acrylics set to do the details, but I have a long way to go before
MO> doing any high detail or weathering.

Now that sounds very very cool!!!

.... Deja Booboo: When you feel you've screwed this up before.
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